World Football's Three Giants

Bayern narrowly defeated Bordeaux 3–2 away from home, and Su Dong earned unanimous praise from the media and fans after the match.

With Ribéry and Robben injured, Bayern's two flanks had fallen into difficulty once again, making Su Dong's importance even more apparent. Everyone once again realized that Su Dong was the most indispensable player on this Bayern side, as well as its core source of strength—especially when matches grew difficult.

Although Blanc's Bordeaux had lost at home, they still received unanimous recognition after the match.

The French media went so far as to say that Bordeaux forcing the defending champions Bayern into such a difficult situation could, to some extent, already be considered a victory. After all, over the past two years, very few teams had been able to push Bayern that far.

At the post-match press conference, Blanc expressed his dissatisfaction with the defeat. He believed victory should originally have belonged to Bordeaux, because Bordeaux had played better throughout the match, especially after Thomas Müller's red card.

That was precisely what Heynckes wanted to respond to. He accused the referee of being overly lenient toward the home side, failing to adequately protect Bayern's players and failing to control the match, which caused the game to become disjointed and disorganized. The situation had also slipped out of control.

In fact, this was not the first time Danish referee Hauge had caused controversy.

This time, he had directly given Bayern two red cards, once again triggering controversy among the media and fans of both Germany and France.

The German media accused Bordeaux of being excessively rough and barbaric, of playing destructive football, and claimed that the referee had favored the home side too much by giving Bayern two red cards. The French media, meanwhile, believed Bayern's red cards were self-inflicted,